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This week, Bay Area electronic artist, Alan Rath, died. His work was called "kinetic" and "experimental;" it was conceptual and smart. Back when the Web was young, we commissioned Alan to create this sculpture: "World Wide Web 1997--2 Terabyes in 63 Inches." Brewster wanted to know: if you put the Web in a box, what would it look like? Come by our SF Headquarters someday and stand in front of Rath's sculpture. If you stand there long enough, every single Web page that existed... in 1997 will flicker on and off. Today, we remember Alan Rath. His work lives on, glowing and shifting, like the Web itself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rath

These days, fact checking and context really matter. The Internet Archive is working with: FactCheck.org, Check Your Fact, Lead Stories, Politifact, Washington Post Fact-Checker, AP News Fact Check, USA Today Fact Check, Graphika, Stanford Internet Observatory, and Our.news to surface fact-checking and context on certain pages in the Wayback Machine.... We continue to preserve web pages by the billion as they occurred. Now on certain pages, new context banners will also appear. Learn more: http://blog.archive.org//fact-checks-and-context-for-wayb/

The folks at Protocol Labs really love their rocket ships. And space. So it was no surprise when they launched the FIlecoin decentralized storage network, they called it #FilecoinLiftoff. In the payload of that rocketship? Some treasures from the Internet Archive. Why are we working with a crypto-backed start-up? Read more--and find out how you can help us determine what to save next. https://blog.archive.org//what-information-should-we-be-p/... #FilecoinArchives

What happens when a historic college in Detroit is forced to close? What happens to the rich collections of social justice, African American and Detroit books in its library? This story has a happy ending. Watch a short doc about the Living Legacy of Marygrove:... https://archive.org/details/marygrove See more

How about some happy news for once? Back in 2019, Marygrove College in Detroit closed for good, wondering what would happen to its library? 70,000 books about social justice, Detroit, and teacher education. We're elated to announce that today, the Marygrove College Digital Library reopens online. ... In a new short doc, meet poet and Marygrove Alum, Valerie Deering who says "For a poet, the library is life." Learn more about the collection & watch the video: https://blog.archive.org//digitization-saves-marygrove-co/

Hey, did you miss yesterday's sold-out book talk with Tim Hwang, about his new book "Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the TIme Bomb at the Heart of the Internet?" Never fear: here's a recording of the talk. It was smart, timely, offered solutions as well as problems, and shines a light on something we all take for granted: that online advertising actually works.... https://archive.org/details/subprime-attention-crisis

"I just bumped Hwang's book to the top of my pile." -- Cory Doctorow Next week join us for a virtual launch of Tim Hwang's new look at the "bubble" at the center of our ad-driven Internet, "Subprime Attention Crisis." Tix free: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/subprime-attention-crisis-a-ne

Did you miss the first Library Leaders Forum with Author, Cory Doctorow, Copyright Scholar Kyle Courtney, Moderator Lila Bailey, Duke Press publisher Dean Smith, ... Public Knowledge's Meredith Rose, Authors Alliance's Brianna Schofield, and Washington state public librarian Carmi Parker? Never fear: here's the video and recap: https://blog.archive.org//library-leaders-forum-kicks-off/

"Archives take the long view. One hundred years from now is not an endpoint, it may be the first time a collection really comes back to light." --Brewster Kahle What to preserve, what to let go? Those are hard questions when your timeline is centuries long. In this deeply personal essay, Brewster Kahle goes back to some of his first encounters with bookstores, libraries and archives. He shares how he views their roles in society and how he came to dream of creating an archi...ve of archives, the Internet Archive. https://blog.archive.org//on-bookstores-libraries-archive/

In just 30 minutes join Cory Doctorow - Author & EFF Advisor Meredith Rose - of Public Knowledge Kyle K. Courtney - of Harvard University ... Lila Bailey - from Internet Archive Brianna Schofield - of Authors Alliance Dean Smith- of Duke University Press Carmi Parker - Librarian as they discuss the future of digital lending and libraries at the Internet Archive's Library Leaders Forum. How do you think libraries and their role in society will evolve during the 21st century? Let us know in the comments here and your ideas/questions might be discussed by experts at the upcoming Library Leaders Fora 2020! #empoweringlibraries http://www.libraryleadersforum.org/

In the "Tech Won't Save Us" podcast, journalist Maria Bustillos discusses how the publishers’ lawsuit against the Internet Archive threatens much more than just us--it threatens libraries & our culture. https://podcasts.apple.com//major-publishers/id1507621076

Journalists at AP were able to use the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to discover that the religious group, People of Praise, has scrubbed mentions & photos of Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, from its website. This is one of the most powerful uses of our "memory of the Web." https://www.nbcnews.com//people-praise-faith-group-deletes

Is advertising the engine fueling the Internet, Or the time bomb at its heart? Find out when Tim Hwang talks about his new book, #SubprimeAttentionCrisis with New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill.... Wed, 10/14 at 10am PT. Get tix for this free Book Talk now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/subprime-attention-crisis-a-ne